Anton Cermak

Anton Cermak (9 May 1873-6 March 1933) was Mayor of Chicago from 1931 to 1933, succeeding William Hale Thompson and preceding Frank J. Corr. He was assassinated by Giuseppe Zangara in an attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt's life.

Biography
Anton Cermak was born on 9 May 1873 in Kladno, Austria-Hungary to a family of Czechs. A year later, his family immigrated to the United States, and he served a a precinct captain before being elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, and in 1931 he was elected Mayor of Chicago. He was popular among the immigrants, who were under-represented prior to his election; his organizational skills wooed the African-Americans of Chicago into the US Democratic Party, and he was a great mayor in a time of lawlessness. On 15 February 1933, he was shot in the lung by Giuseppe Zangara while shaking hands with Franklin D. Roosevelt during his run for president, and he died of his wounds on 6 March 1933.